As noted in the previous post about weekend drama ratings, Sons of Sol Pharmacy ended on a strong note. Its Sunday finale brought KBS a series (and year) high with ratings of 48.6%.
This also means that it has surpassed SBS’s Brilliant Legacy to claim top spot of the entire year out of all three broadcast stations (Brilliant Legacy‘s high was a 47.1%). There are three dramas that have broken the 40% mark this year; MBC’s Monday-Tuesday historical series Queen Seon-deok is the third.
I won’t get into plot spoilers about Sol Pharmacy‘s finale, but suffice to say that there were laughs and tears, and generally satisfying wrap-ups for the relationships of each of the Song family sons, as befitting the series’ emphasis on family and comedy. Next up in its time slot: Three Brothers (or Three Suspicious Brothers), which comes from the writer of Infamous Chil Princesses. Lee Jun-hyuk (A Star’s Lover), Ahn Nae-sang (First Wives Club), and Oh Dae-kyu (First Wives Club) star as the three brothers; the drama’s tagline reads, “Is family a yoke or a refuge?”
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it was satisfying, indeed. goodbye, sol pharmacy. you gave me many laughs.
Lee Jun-hyuk is in Three brothers? I might just check it out.
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I’m glad you gave this drama some “ink” JB
(some people need to learn to be more patient…)
If only this drama wasn’t so long, I’d watch it. I find even over 20 episodes long. 16 is perfect.
I’ll watch ep 54 today.
Thank dramabeans.com
Thank Viikii.net
I think i should watch…regarless of the number of episodes….
Gosh, after midterms ya!
I don’t get this drama at all I’m really suprise why its so popular I stop at 6 episodes just bores me really………Maybe most of the people who enjoys this are ajummas and mothers………
I’m so sad it’s over…The ending was very satisfying. Lots of BS-DP love
Just wish they had gotten together sooner.
It was a very good drama and very enjoyable…to bad it’s over. The preview for Three Bothers looked good so, I am going to check it out.
I love this drama. stayed up late just to wait for my torrent to finnish downloading the last eps. very satisfying indeed the BS & DP proposal. if only they also do the wedding like his 2 brothers. but regardless the wedding photoshoot was also hilarious.
I loved this drama… only wish they hadn’t extended it! I think when they extended it, they ended up lengthening the DP-BS part to angsty lengths!!! Otherwise, it was a great show. I’d totally recommend it! Don’t be put off by the episode #. The episodes are a lot shorter than normal dramas, so it feels like it is 27 episodes long…
@iwasing – I’m not an ajumma or a mother and I love this show… if you don’t, o well… I’d tell everyone to wait till at least episode 16 to see the dramas true worth… if you still don’t like it after that… =(
I am sad to see this show end! I am so lazy when it comes to d/l stuff and to be honest, I only watch when I hang out with the fam and I am perusing my mother’s collection of rentals. I think ms. beans said it herself- this drama reminds you of your family, cos even if they aren’t your parents, your uncles or aunts or the parents of your friends are like this.
Now I am sad, cos I was enjoying watching doramas. I may have to start watching 미남이시네요 cos it sounds like a HOOT from your recaps.
I’m only up to episode 40 on Sol Pharmacy, so I’ve still got a number of episodes to go. I know I’ll be sad to see the show end. I’m crazy about Park Sun Young’s Sujin character and I’m curious what happens with Boksil and Daepung. I can understand why this is such a highly watched drama. It is very suspenseful.
I loved this drama! My favorite character of all was Bok-shil, mostly because I found her actress very endearing. She seemed totally in her element.
The only one teeny bit that I felt was forced was the relationship between Yong-chul/Su-hee. Throughout the drama (first 30 eps or so), there was not much to even suggest that they were interested in pursuing a relationship except for through Hana. I felt that just because they were already Hana’s parents that the writers were “forced” to push them together.
Ok, so I liked Mi-pung/Su-hee better. But they didn’t have to end up together. I mean, they’re still just 19. But Yong-chul/Su-hee seemed worse. And I get Yong-chul’s jealousy about Mi-pung/Su-hee. I just felt that they could have done so much more with them.
But I think the scene before the last scene with them (Mi-pung/Su-hee/Yong-chul/Hana) was very comical yet poignant – they were all sitting around crying. Definitely one of the best scenes in the drama.
Ok, rant over.
javabeans, where is that picture from? is that from an episode?